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Initially, experiments in this phase should start on a small percentage of traffic (e.g. 0.5% of users)… over time the percentage should automatically increase if on alerts on guardrail metrics were triggered beforehand.
This helps to minimise the risk of user harm from experiments that have a negative impact.
At the run phase, experimentation is simply "what you do."
Product teams should be experimenting with every increment to their products (e.g., introduction of new features, algorithm changes, etc.). Experimenting should be the norm for identifying the value of new features as well as for identifying the impact of smaller changes to existing features.
Data scientists are now employed directly by the product teams, and are trained by the central platform data science team to become local operational data scientists.
In the fly phase you can't move without running an experiment it seems! "Controlled experiments are the norm for every change to any product in the company's portfolio."
… every small change to any product in the portfolio (e.g., a minor bug fix) should be supported by data from a controlled experiment.
(Minor bug fixes? Really? I guess the notion here is that any change, even a bug fix, could unintentionally impact metrics. For example, suppose the fix introduces a small performance delay…).
At this stage the OEC is stable and well-defined, and product teams invest in standardizing metric design and evaluation practices, and scheduling activities to update the existing OEC when needed.
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Scientists classify organisms into 3 domains and 6 kingdoms, although this has changed throughout history. There are 3 recognized domains, or broadest classification of organism. These are Bacteria, Archaea, and Eukarya.
In the simplest case, an organism can be a bacteria, a DNA molecule containing genetic information wrapped in a protective plasma membrane . Organisms tend to separate their information molecules from the outside environment, where pH changes and unknown chemicals could do damage to the molecule. Bacteria contain their DNA in a simple ring, and replicate it through a process known as binary fission . The DNA is replicated so that two rings exists, and the cell divides its contents in half, each getting one ring of DNA.
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On Saturday, June 11th, John S. Young of Sweetwater, Texas, will be installed as chairman of the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Education Institute. He previously has served as vice chair. The Institute promotes and supports the administration of justice in Texas, particularly through the continuing legal education of criminal defense lawyers and staff. TCDLEI also provides scholarships to continuing legal education seminars for deserving attorneys actively engaged in the defense of criminal cases.A 1983 graduate of the University of Texas at Austin and 1988 graduate of Texas Tech University School of Law, John is an active criminal defense lawyer with offices in Sweetwater, Abilene and San Angelo. John has also served two terms on the Board of Directors of the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association and on the Criminal Defense Lawyers Project. Certified in the 7th Judicial Administrative Region to be appointed as lead counsel in Capital Murder cases in which the death penalty is sought, John is a frequent speaker at TCDLA seminars and has presented papers on various topics, including legal ethics, avoiding grievances, evidentiary rules, final arguments and trial preparation.


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"I started reading Jane Austen in elementary school and just never looked back," said Craton, adding that she has a love for Victorian literature in general. "Charlotte Bronte's 'Jane Eyre' has been my favorite book since middle school and I've just followed this childhood passion as far as it would go."
How far has this passion taken her? Most recently Craton's research of Victorian literature brought her recognition by her peers when she became the 2010 recipient of Lander's Young Scholar Award - an award granted to a new Lander faculty member with the best record of scholarship and who exemplifies the qualities the Lander faculty values in its colleagues as teacher-scholars.
What likely won Craton this recognition was the publication of her book, "The Victorian Freak Show: The Significance of Disability and Physical Differences in 19th Century Fiction." Published in 2009 by Cambria Press, the book examines Victorian fiction from the vantage point of a new field of literary research Craton says is commonly referred to as Disability Studies.
"In particular, it examines how novelists like Dickens, Wilkie Collins and Florence Marryat employ imagery of odd bodies that was floating around in Victorian culture because of the popularity of freak shows in 19th century England," said Craton. "The book argues that these images are sometimes used in an exploitive way - like freak shows themselves - but, surprisingly, are sometimes reimagined in positive ways that make Victorian culture more inclusive."
Craton explained that her interest in Disability Studies began with a professor she had while attending graduate school at Emory University. According to Craton, this professor, Rosemarie Garland-Thomson, is one of the foremost Disability Studies scholars in the country. It was Garland-Thomson's influence that led Craton to write a paper that would solidify her interest in this new area of Vitorian research and ultimately become one of the chapters in her book.
"One of the challenges of being a Victorianist, and being interested in one of those truly loved periods of literature, is that it's hard to find new avenues of research that haven't been explored," said Craton. "Disability Studies is a blossoming field. It's only a few decades old and there is still a lot of innovative work that's being done. This topic was my chance to find something new that I can marry to my longtime love of the Victorian period."
Beyond the publication of her book, Craton has recently published an essay, which she co-wrote with a former student, titled "I Am Sookie, Hear Me Roar: Sookie Stackhouse and Feminist Ambivalence," and which was included in the book "True Blood and Philosphy: We Wanna Think Bad Things with You."
In addition to being a published scholar, Craton is, of course, a teacher. She is taking her experience as a writer and passing it on to Lander students, and she is conveying this knowledge in some very unique ways.
For one of the projects in her freshman composition classes, Craton has students record a podcast using their own writing as the script. The lesson includes listening to NPR shows such as "This American Life," and is meant to give students a different method of personal critique. "I think radio is more connected to the writing process than TV or movies because you can focus on the language and you're not so overwhelmed with the visual imagery," said Craton. "Students, especially new college writers, need to take a moment and listen to how their writing sounds."
With the podcasting project, students are tasked with writing a feature news article about people connected to the Lander community, then making a recording of themselves reading it. Some of Craton's students have even added music to their recordings and used actors to read the parts. She says that the project gets students to face what sounds good and what sounds bad about their writing. "I have students come and say, 'This sounds awful. I started reading my paper and just had to go back and start over,'" she said. "And as much as that can be a sad moment for the student, it's actually a happy moment for the teacher because it means that person is looking realistically at what's working and what's not working in their writing style."
Some of the podcasts generated through Craton's lesson have been aired on Lander's student radio station, XLR Lander Radio, and they have been posted to the online student news site, www.landerforum.com. According to Craton, this part of the process gives students a real audience to speak to in their writing. "It shows students that what they are doing is important and that people are interested and care about it," she said.
In addition to her 2010 award, Craton was the 2009 recipient of Lander's Young Faculty Teaching Award. The Georgia native holds a master's and a doctorate degree from Emory University and a bachelor's degree from the University of North Carolina.
On the topic of her recent award, Craton said, "This was such an unexpected honor. One of the great things about having these kinds of awards in place is that it invites faculty to talk about scholarship. We do have a really vibrant scholarship community, and it's nice to see that activity get attention and recognition by the university."


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Walthall comes to Happy Valley following a stint with the the UCSB women's volleyball coaching staff during the 2014-15 season.
Walthall had a number of responsibilities for the team. He served as the Gauchos' offensive coordinator, helped with recruiting, and took on video analysis for both scouting and player development. Additionally, he was in charge of organizing team travel throughout the season.
Walthall arrived to Santa Barbara from Ohio University where he served as an assistant coach for the women's volleyball team. With the Bobcats, he was the team's defensive coordinator and also provided scouting analysis on Ohio opponents.
Walthall found early success in Ohio, as his defense led the conference in both opponent hitting percentage (.172) and blocks per set (2.75), while also tallying the fifth-most digs (16.24/set).
Prior to his stint in Athens, Walthall spent three seasons as an assistant at the University of North Florida.
As the top assistant for the Ospreys, Walthall helped UNF to the Atlantic Sun Conference Tournament Championships in back-to-back seasons. In 2011, he coached a defense that boasted the league leaders in blocking, digs, and opponent attack percentage.
Walthall started his coaching career as a volunteer assistant coach with perennial power Nebraska for two seasons. While a member of the Cornhuskers' staff, he assisted with video scouting, film breakdown and team training during practices while also helping with day-to-day administrative office duties.
Walthall was a four-year winner at Penn State under Coach Mark Pavlik. With the Nittany Lions, he was a part of four national semifinal squads, including the 2006 season when the team competed in the National Championship match.
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TRAVERSE CITY, Mich – Michigan voters may get two chances during the 2014 general election to have their say on hunting wolves.
An opposition group announced Tuesday it will begin collecting petition signatures seeking a referendum on a recently enacted law giving the state Natural Resources Commission authority to decide which animals should be designated as game species that can be hunted. Previously only the Legislature had that power.
Lawmakers approved that measure in response to a petition drive aimed at overturning a separate law enacted last December that changed the gray wolf's status from protected to game species and authorized the commission to schedule a hunt. Gov. Rick Snyder signed both measures.
"It's only fair to allow citizens to weigh in on this important question of wildlife policy," said Jill Fritz, director of Keep Michigan Wolves Protected.
Wolves once roamed across Michigan and most of the lower 48 states, but were nearly wiped out in the last century. After they were placed on the federal endangered species list in 1974, a remnant population in Minnesota began expanding and gradually migrated to Michigan's Upper Peninsula where the predator has flourished. A recent census by the state Department of Natural Resources put the population at 658.
Some U.P. residents say the wolves are out of hand, preying on livestock and pets and venturing too close to residential areas. Defenders of the wolves say people already have the authority to kill those that attack their animals, and that the wily predators naturally avoid humans.
Fritz's group collected 255,000 signatures requesting a statewide vote on the December law. The Board of State Canvassers certified the signatures in late May. But by then, the Legislature had approved the second law authorizing the Natural Resources Commission to schedule a wolf hunt, which rendered a referendum on the first measure largely symbolic. It will take place, however.
The commission, whose members are appointed by the governor on a rotating basis, voted in May to let hunters and trappers kill 43 wolves in three sections of the U.P. between Nov. 15 and Dec. 31.
Now opponents are targeting the second law that authorized the commission's action, which Fritz described as "a radical overreach by some state lawmakers."
If her group gathers enough signatures to get the issue on the ballot and the canvassers certify them, the law will be put on hold until after the election. But Fritz said it's highly unlikely her team can move quickly enough to forestall the hunt this fall.
Either way, the Michigan United Conservation Clubs will fight to retain both laws, said spokesman Tony Hansen, who contended the opposition was generated largely by out-of-state animal rights groups.
Russ Mason, chief of the DNR's wildlife division, said the Natural Resources Commission's decision to establish a hunting and trapping season was based on scientific data and extensive study.
"If you look at the record from all the testimony and all the information that the commission requested ... I don't know how you come to any other conclusion unless you are motivated by something other than science and what is best for the resources," Mason said.


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The comic mastermind behind some of the funniest films of the past decade, Ben Stiller has fought his way to the top of the pyramid with his own, unique brand of humor. Constantly approached to direct, write and appear in a number of risky comedies, Ben has become one of the most highly sought-after comics in the business. As the son of comic legends Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara, Ben was already emerged in the world of comedy before he ever said his first swear word, but he followed aspirations of becoming a director after working with Steven Spielberg on "Empire of the Sun" as a young kid. Producing his own short films using a Super 8 camera in his spare time, Ben finally went off to UCLA's esteemed film school in 1983, only to return home to New York the same year.
Recognized as a smart and funny youngster, Ben was given the chance to appear as a regular cast member on the sketch-comedy show "SNL," though he only lasted for one season before creating his own, ingenious series called "The Ben Stiller Show." Originally signed by MTV to air his show in 1992, FOX eventually took over the rights and cancelled it after only one year. The network was publicly embarrassed when Stiller's show won an Emmy for Comedy Writing that same year. Frustrated with the politics of TV, Ben changed his attention towards film, directing and appearing in the 1994 MTV-generation film, "Reality Bites." Generating plenty of buzz from critics and studios alike, Ben's Hollywood career was forged with one quick hit, and after comedic big shot Jim Carrey took notice, the pair joined forces on the underrated flop, "The Cable Guy." Although Ben's first introduction of his off-kilter humor wasn't welcomed with open hands (or minds), he soon became praised for his later work on blockbuster hits like "There's Something About Mary" and "Meet the Parents." In 2000, Ben married fellow actress Christine "Marsha Brady" Taylor and has continued to collaborate on some of Hollywood's funniest films. Ben's career is far from over, but it will be interesting to see how his comedy evolves while he matures as an artist.
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Ben Stiller Show Web Memorial
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The best site for entertainment news on Ben.
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Ben has been a notable face in film for quite a while, appearing in cameos like "Happy Gilmore" for friends and front-running his own projects, but his latest films have also included directorial duties and more dramatic roles. Making a short, one-year stint on "SNL" in 1989, Ben wasn't able to keep his job on the famous sketch-comedy show, but he managed to make enough friends to last a lifetime in the business. He quickly snapped back with the short-lived "Ben Stiller Show," a horrendous canceling mistake on FOX's part, and his directing debut with the insanely popular, cult hit "Reality Bites." Ben has never looked back since he first stepped foot into Hollywood, releasing a grab bag of comedic flops and blockbusters during his equally shaky career. Along with hits like "Meet the Parents," "Starsky and Hutch" and "There's Something About Mary," and flops like the more recent "Along Came Polly" and "Envy," Ben has also offered up a handful of quirky comedies like "Mystery Men" and the much underrated "Zoolander" and "The Cable Guy." Here and there, Ben has also delivered some serious performances with "Permanent Midnight" and "The Royal Tenenbaums."
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Ben can currrently be seen in the action-comedy "Tropic Thunder," which he also co-wrote and directed, and stars in "The Mark Pease Experiment" later in the year. The actor will also reprise his roles as Alex the Lion and Larry Daley in sequels to "Madagascar" and "Night at the Museum," and is in negoiations to star alongside Tom Cruise in the Hardy-Boys-grown-up comedy, "The Hardy Men."
Ben Says
On his gaydar:
"I have no problem with straight actors playing gay, but I always feel like I can tell. Does that sound horrible?"
On his career:
"If my parents were like, plumbers, who knows what I would be doing!"
On '"Tenenbaums" director, Wes Anderson:
"Wes Anderson doesn't care about satisfying all of America. He is an artist. I am trying to satisfy all of America. I will fail miserably."
On success:
"The last thing I want is to be a 5-foot-2 guy walking down the street with a 6-foot-2 model. Like, 'Look at me! Look what I can get now I got my dick caught in a zipper."
On sex scenes:
``I've done a couple of sex scenes, and they're not fun. Everybody gets stressed out. You're in a room with lots of people, trying to pretend you're alone -- and you're naked! I've never met an actor who says, 'Yeah, let's have fun and do some love scenes.'''
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BATON ROUGE – Owners of mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets can interact with the Louisiana Department of Revenue through a new, mobile-friendly version of the LDR website, the agency announced Tuesday.
LDR Mobile is designed for maximum readability and functionality in mobile Internet browsers.
Visitors to LDR Mobile can check the status of their income tax refunds, make credit card payments and send e-mail inquiries to LDR subject-matter experts.
"Full-featured mobile devices are part of the fabric of daily life for many people," said Secretary of Revenue Cynthia Bridges. "This is why the Department of Revenue is making many of its customer service functions available on mobile platforms."
According to the Pew Internet & American Life Project, one in three American adults owns a smartphone.[i] Twenty five percent of smartphone owners say the phone is their primary means of accessing the Internet.
To use LDR Mobile, simply point your mobile browser to www.revenue.louisiana.gov. The site will recognize that you are visiting from a mobile device, and will load LDR Mobile instead of the regular website. Use the Add to Home Screen feature to download the LDR Mobile icon to your phone.
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Protesters in Cochrane decried Alberta's new way of funding the eldercare system, claiming staff cutbacks have put seniors in jeopardy.
More than 100 people marched in opposition Saturday to the province's "patient-care based funding" model, which they say resulted in budget cuts to the town's already strained long-term care centre.
Bethany Care Society centre resident Sylvia Wylie described her care workers as angels, but contended two nurses can't properly manage 26 seniors at one time.
"People get injured and there's no explanation because there's nobody there to see what happened," Wylie said. "They're busy dealing with somebody else."
Another woman said her husband was laid up inside the centre with two black eyes and a blue lump on his head after becoming impatient waiting for staff to escort him to the washroom.
"In his pride, he tried to take himself and fell," said Mavis, who did not provide her last name.
Under the new model, health care dollars are divvied up using a complex formula that calculates the needs of each patient and provides a standard funding amount to the care provider. Previously, long-term care operators negotiated individual agreements with health authorities.
Proponents say the new funding model better matches funding with residents' needs.
Alberta Health Services officials say the new funding model was adopted to address severe variations in government funding provided to long-term-care operators.
Critics, on the other hand, argue the model does not consider certain complexities of care. For instance, rehabilitation therapy is weighted higher than quality of life or end of life care.
"Patients with a higher level of acuity are getting more funding," said Alberta Union of Provincial Employees vice-president Susan Slade.
In Cochrane, nine health-care aides and four licensed practical nurses were laid off, and some remaining staff have had their working hours scaled back, according to the AUPE.
Florence Borgens, a registered nurse at the Bethany care centre, supported claims that residents can't always get to the bathroom on time, and she expected to hear more cases of residents falling.
Borgens bemoaned the staff shortage as creating "tremendous" stress.
"It feels like you're running from one fire to another because there's not enough bodies to go around," she said. "Our seniors deserve way better than this."
AHS officials note care-centre operators had 21/2 years' notice to make adjustments to compensate for the cuts, which took effect March 1 for Carewest in Calgary as well as Capital Care and Covenant Health in Edmonton. The medical superboard said funding reductions are being phased in over four years to ease the transition.
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With the SP1 work winding down, I thought that I'd take a moment and discuss three new performance improvements that are going into VSTO for SP1. We have listened to your feedback and understand that startup time is a major issue, and so we have focused on attempts to make the VSTO runtime load faster…. Read more
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Which locks best frustrate a thief? We decided to find out by asking an expert, Hal Ruzal, a longtime mechanic at Bicycle Habitat in New York City, to hack through a batch. To make the test realistic, we requested that he use only the tools commonly carried by thieves. About those tools: The cordless angle grinder he wielded might be the weapon of choice in cities like New York, but they're far less common in smaller towns. Buy as much lock as you need for where you live.
|Lock Type
|New Designs
|Top Performer
|OnGuard 8020 Mastiff ($90)
|Kryptonite Fahgettaboudit Mini ($110)
|None. No cable we've seen stands above the others.
|They're totally different, and each had strengths and weaknesses
|Best For
|Big cities, or areas where bike thieves are known to be active
|Lower-crime areas or bigger cities, to secure a wheel to the frame
|Smaller towns where crime isn't much of an issue
|Small cities and medium- to low-crime areas
|Our Results
|The Mastiff's hardened-steel links withstood a hacksaw and bolt cutters. After nearly three minutes of use, the battery in Ruzal's angle grinder died before he could cut the shackle. He also likes Kryptonite's New York Fahgettaboudit. He found a weak link in the HipLok L1 Lite ($70, shown), snipping the shackle with bolt cutters in 29 seconds.
|Tackling Kryptonite's Fahgettaboudit Mini ($110), Ruzal passed on bolt cutters. The lock is unique in that it secures each end of the U—so a thief has to cut both sides. An angle grinder did the job in slightly more than a minute—nearly twice the time it took on the OnGuard Bulldog LS ($37), an impressive lock that resisted bolt cutters and a pipe attack.
|The Blackburn Angola ($30) resisted bolt cutters—the Kevlar coating caused the blades to slip off. But when Ruzal switched to a pair of wire cutters small enough to fit in his pocket, he cut through the cable in 75 seconds. This isn't enough security for a city setting, unless it's meant to safeguard a front wheel or other part, Ruzal says.
|Breaking the 24-inch TiGr ($200, shown), Ruzal first tried to torque the head with pliers. He then hacksawed it open by the keyhole—but it took nearly four minutes. The angle grinder severed it in 17 seconds. Ruzal couldn't pop the linked sections of the foldable Abus Bordo Lite ($90) with a vise wrench or hacksaw, but the angle grinder opened it in three seconds.
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DIXON -- A hand-crafted, limited-edition saddle and the display podium on which it sits, both custom-made for Rita Crundwell by an Oklahoma leather craftsman, will be put up for sale this weekend.
The U.S. Marshals Service will sell the saddle, a boulder with the "RC" logo, three signs, 450 calendars, 10 yard signs, a Quasar VCR, and a Toshiba TV. The auction will run from 6 p.m. Sunday until 6 p.m Wednesday at www.professionalauction.com.
The auction was to begin Friday, but was pushed back when the saddle became available, said Jason Wojdylo, chief inspector of the marshals asset forfeiture division.
The latest auction comes a week after marshals sold hundreds of Crundwell's furnishings, artwork, appliances, and electronics for more than $275,000.
Crundwell, 59, admitted Nov. 14 that she had bought much of her assets, including her herd of more than 400 horses, with nearly $54 million in taxpayer money while she was the city's longtime comptroller.
She will be sentenced Feb. 14 in federal court.
She also is charged in Lee County with 60 counts of theft. She will return to local court Wednesday for a pretrial conference.
Marshals have brought in more than $7.93 million with the sale of the horses, tack, equipment, vehicles, trailers, breeding equipment, and a luxury motor home.
The proceeds, minus costs, will be given to the city.
The leather saddle was made by John Ivy of Owasso, Okla. It includes a leather-and-hide-wrapped podium, matching mount in a Plexiglas display, silver bit, silver spurs, and rawhide reins.
Ivy said Thursday that the rig, which he sold to Crundwell for $7,500, was fourth in a series of 12.
An inscription inside the saddle reads "To Rita and Jim: Hope you enjoy this, John Ivy 04/12."
Marshals found the saddle at Crundwell's vacation home in Englewood, Fla.
It's among many items he custom-made for Crundwell over the years, including a set of cowhide directors chairs and tall round tables to go with them, he said.
Also on the market are the vacation home; 43 acres of farmland and single-family home at Dutch Road; an 83-acre ranch at 1556 Red Brick Road, also in Dixon; and 81 acres of Lee County farmland.
Marshals have received unsolicited bids totaling $1.69 million for the ranch, Dutch Road home, and farm property.
Counter-offers are due by noon a week from today. A public inspection of those properties will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. today.
Marshals plan to sell Crundwell's jewelry, valued at $500,000, and other items next year. Wojdylo said marshals have applied for an administrative forfeiture on those items.
Assets valued at $500,000 or less may be subject to an administrative (default) forfeiture that is done outside the court.
To get an administrative forfeiture, the marshals must provide notice to all parties who might have an interest in the asset. If no one files a claim, the asset will be forfeited and can be sold.
All real property must have a court order to be sold.
Get ready to bid
To see the items being sold, go to www.professionalauction.com/12RC_Assets.htm and click on "go to online auction."
Bidders must put up a $100 deposit that will be refunded if no item are won, or applied to the winning bid.
No sales tax will be charged, but a buyer's premium of 12 percent will be tacked on to any item that sells for less than $10,000, and 6 percent for those that sell for more than $10,000.
Anyone interested in bidding on Crundwell's properties can email Jason Wojdylo, chief inspector of the Marshals Asset Forfeiture Division, at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Go to www.usmarshals.gov/assets/sales/crundwellrealproperties.htm to learn more about the sites, and about the terms and conditions of the sales. ___


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Bible & Bagels was born more than 25 years ago when a small group of Central congregants got together with the goal of studying the Torah verse by verse. Each week the class convenes to take another small step forward in understanding our most important text. This fall will mark the completion of our very first line-by-line review of the Torah!
Location: Community House
From: Wednesdays | 12-1:15pm
This class explores the Torah portion that is read on Shabbat for that week. Students are encouraged to share their insight and opinion during each class as we mine our tradition and investigate life's deepest questions. The class uses the Plaut Modern Commentary on the Torah and many other texts and commentaries to understand the weekly portion from an ancient and modern perspective.
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From: Wednesdays | 1:30-2:30pm
Journey through one of the earliest Jewish dramas – a divided people and a community searching for a common purpose – and uncover the contemporary wisdom in these epic tales. Cantor Suzanne Skloot will be your guide through this fascinating era of Jewish history.


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Nan khatai is an egg-less light and crispy biscuit that's perfect to serve with tea or coffee.
Recipe makes about 24 Nan khatai.
- 1/3 cup all purpose flour (plain flour or maida)
- 1/3 cup fine sooji or semolina
- 1/2 cup gram flour (besan)
- Pinch of baking soda (a little less than 1/8 teaspoon)
- 1/4 teaspoon green cardamom seed coarsely powder (ilaichi)
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter
- 2/3 cup sugar
- 1 tablespoon sliced almond
- 1 tablespoon sliced pistachio
- Pre heat the oven to 375 degree.
- In a bowl, mix the all-purpose flour, gram flour, sooji, baking soda and cardamom powder and set aside.
- Let the butter come to the room temperature (butter should be soft not melted)
- Add butter and sugar in a mixing bowl and beat for two to three minutes until light and fluffy.
- Add the flour mix to butter and sugar mixture and knead them together to make smooth dough.
- Divide the dough into about 24 equal parts and make them into balls.
- Press each ball between your palms lightly; every piece should be about 3/4″ in thickness.
- With a sharp knife softly draw a tic-tac-toe design on the top and put few pieces of almonds and pistachios and press them into the dough gently.
- Put Nan khatai on a lightly greased cookie sheet and bake at 375 degrees for about 13 to 15 minutes or until Nan khatai are lightly gold brown.
- After they are lightly golden brown remove the cookie sheet from the oven. Let the Nan Khatais cool down for two to three minutes before taking them off the cookie sheet.
This is an easy recipe. What do you think?
Nan khatai make a great homemade gift for holidays. Your friends and relatives will love it.


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Sacred Heart Hospital on the Gulf provides access to high quality, compassionate healthcare to residents and visitors of Port St. Joe and surrounding communities.
The 19-bed hospital features a 24-hour emergency department, inpatient services, surgical services, a full complement of diagnostic and laboratory services, and a helipad to be used by Sacred Heart's regional air ambulance service to provide rapid transport for trauma or critically ill patients.
A Medical Office Building opened in the fall of 2010 adjacent to the hospital and provides convenient access to primary care and specialty physicians, dialysis services, womens diagnostic and imaging services, and Sacred Heart Rehabilitation.
Based on a survey of hospital patients that is conducted nationwide, Sacred Heart Hospital on the Gulf is ranked among the top hospitals in Florida for patient satisfaction. In 2014, a leading healthcare ratings organization recognized the hospital with its top patient satisfaction award.
Sacred Heart Hospital on the Gulf is part of Sacred Heart Health System, the most preferred health system in Northwest Florida and the regions leader in providing high quality healthcare to children and adults. Key services include a 458-bed hospital in Pensacola, a Regional Heart and Vascular Institute, Childrens and Womens Hospital, a Level II Trauma Center, Cancer Center, a 120-bed nursing home, and Sacred Heart Hospital on the Emerald Coast in Miramar Beach.
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Blake Shelton is set to sing at Kelly Clarkson's upcoming wedding after the former American Idol star accepted his offer to perform on her big day.
Shelton's manager, Brandon Blackstock, proposed to the Since U Been Gone hitmaker last month (Dec12), and the couple has been busy making plans for the nuptials.
The Honey Bee star voiced a desire to sing for the newlyweds, and Clarkson now reveals she has taken him up on his offer.
In an interview on radio country station K-Frog, she says, "Blake actually is going to play at our reception, so we're pretty excited."
Clarkson and Blackstock are set for an autumn (13) wedding, and the singer admits she is already feeling stressed as she plans the nuptials.
She adds, "We're just kind of overwhelmed with the planning of the wedding. We're actually thinking the fall this year. We're thinking outside. We are trying to make it small, but it is hard. Once you've got one person, you have to invite five others, and then five others... I literally had a breakdown two weeks ago about the wedding list.
"I'm actually terrified at everyone watching me walk down an aisle, that is like the worst thing ever."


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Updated: January 23, 2018 05:45 PM CST
2015: Hall of Fame baseball player Ernie Banks, who played shortstop and second base for the Chicago Cubs from 1953 through 1971, dies of a heart attack at age 83 in Chicago. Banks, who won the National League MVP award in 1958 and 1959, finished his career with 512 home runs, and his 277 homers as a shortstop were the most ever at the time of his retirement. [ + - ]
2011: American fitness and nutritional expert Jack LaLanne, who is sometimes called "the godfather of fitness" and the "first fitness superhero," dies of pneumonia at the age of 96 in Morro Bay, California. [ + - ]
2005: Late night talk show host Johnny Carson, best known for the 30 years he spent as host of "The Tonight Show," dies of respiratory failure arising from emphysema at the age of 79 in West Hollywood, California. [ + - ]
2004: Actor Bob Keeshan, best known as the title character of the children's television program "Captain Kangaroo," dies at the age of 76 in Hartford, Vermont. [ + - ]
2003: Singer and actress Nell Carter, best known for her Broadway work and for starring on the TV sitcom "Gimme a Break!", dies from heart disease complicated by diabetes at the age of 54 in Beverly Hills, California. [ + - ]
2003: NASA receives the final, very weak signal from Pioneer 10, the robotic space probe that completed the first mission to the planet Jupiter, with the probe at a distance of 12 billion kilometers from Earth. Pioneer 10 became the first spacecraft to achieve escape velocity from the Solar System. [ + - ]
2002: Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl is kidnapped in Karachi, Pakistan, where he had gone as part of an investigation into the alleged links between "Shoe Bomber" Richard Reid and Al-Qaeda. He was beheaded by his captors nine days later. In March 2007, at a closed military hearing in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed said that he had personally beheaded Pearl. [ + - ]
2002: John Walker Lindh, the so-called "American Taliban," returns to the United States in FBI custody. Lindh was a United States citizen who was captured as an enemy combatant during the United States' 2001 invasion of Afghanistan. He would eventually be sentenced to 20 years after pleading guilty to supplying services to the Taliban and carrying an explosive during the commission of a felony. [ + - ]
1989: Spanish painter Salvador Dalí, best known for the striking and bizarre images in his surrealist work, including his best-known work, "The Persistence of Memory," which features melting pocket watches, dies of heart failure at the age of 84 in Figueres, Catalonia, Spain. [ + - ]
1986: The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducts its first members: Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry, Little Richard, James Brown, Ray Charles, Fats Domino, the Everly Brothers, Buddy Holly, Jerry Lee Lewis and Sam Cooke. Also inducted were Alan Freed and Sam Phillips as non-performers and Jimmie Rodgers, Jimmy Yancey and Robert Johnson as early influences. [ + - ]
1977: The TV mini-series "Roots," based on Alex Haley's novel "Roots: The Saga of an American Family," begins airing. The series finale, broadcast on Jan. 30, 1977, still holds a record as the third-highest-rated U.S. television program ever. The series would go on to earn 36 Emmy nominations, winning nine. [ + - ]
1976: Actor, singer, football player and social activist Paul Robeson dies of stroke complications at the age of 77 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Robeson became a football All-American and the class valedictorian at Rutgers University and went on to play in the NFL while attending Columbia Law School. At Columbia, he became a participant in the "Harlem Renaissance" with performances in stage productions "The Emperor Jones" and "All God's Chillun Got Wings." Robeson became an international cinematic star in roles in "Show Boat," "Bosambo" and "Sanders of the River," but turned his focus to civil rights, becoming politically involved in response to the Spanish Civil War, fascism and social injustices. [ + - ]
1975: The TV sitcom "Barney Miller," set in a New York City police station in Greenwich Village, makes its debut. The show, which starred Hal Linden (right) in the title role, would run for eight seasons before ending on May 20, 1982. The show would win three Emmys, including Outstanding Comedy Series in 1982, and two Golden Globes during its run. [ + - ]
1974: Actress Tiffani Thiessen, best known for her TV roles in "Saved by the Bell," "Beverly Hills, 90210" and "White Collar," is born in Long Beach, California. [ + - ]
1969: Hockey Hall of Fame left winger Brendan Shanahan is born in Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada. Shanahan played with the St. Louis Blues, Hartford Whalers, Detroit Red Wings, New York Rangers and New Jersey Devils during a 21-year career, but is best known for his years with Detroit, helping the Red Wings to Stanley Cup championships in 1997, 1998 and 2002. He scored 656 goals in his NHL career, making him, at the time of his 2009 retirement, the leader among active NHL players for goals scored. He also won a gold medal as part of Team Canada at the 2002 Winter Olympics. [ + - ]
1968: North Korea seizes the Navy intelligence research ship USS Pueblo, claiming the ship had violated their territorial waters while spying. Two U.S. sailors were killed in the incident and the remaining 82 crew members were taken hostage as prisoners of war for 11 months before being released. The Pueblo is still held by North Korea today, moored as a museum ship in Pyongyang, and officially remains a commissioned vessel of the U.S. Navy. [ + - ]
1964: The 24th Amendment to the United States Constitution, prohibiting the use of poll taxes in national elections, is ratified. Poll taxes appeared in southern states after Reconstruction as a measure to prevent black voters from voting. At the time of the amendment's passage, five states still retained a poll tax: Virginia, Alabama, Texas, Arkansas and Mississippi. While the amendment made the tax illegal in federal elections, it wasn't until 1966 that the U.S. Supreme Court would rule that poll taxes for state elections were also unconstitutional because they violated the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment. [ + - ]
1964: Actress Mariska Hargitay, the daughter of Jayne Mansfield best known for her role on the TV crime drama "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit," is born in Los Angeles. [ + - ]
1960: The Trieste, a specially constructed bathyscaphe, or deep-sea submersible, descends 35,810 feet in the Pacific Ocean into Challenger Deep, the deepest point known to exist on Earth, in the Marianas Trench near the island of Guam. Jacques Piccard, the son of the Trieste's creator, Swiss scientist Auguste Piccard, and U.S. Navy Lt. Don Walsh made the five-hour descent, setting a deep-diving record that has stood unchallenged since. [ + - ]
1957: Princess Caroline of Monaco, the eldest child of Rainier III, Prince of Monaco, and American actress Grace Kelly, is born in Monaco. [ + - ]
1957: Wham-O begins producing its newly acquired toy, the Pluto Platter. The company would rename the toy the Frisbee in June 1957 in a move to stimulate sales of the flying disc. The toy's original inventor, Fred Morrison, is seen here promoting his Pluto Platter in the 1950s. [ + - ]
1951: Chesley Sullenberger, the pilot who captained US Airways Flight 1549 to an emergency landing on the Hudson River in New York City in 2009, is born in Denison, Texas. [ + - ]
1950: Actor Richard Dean Anderson, best known as the star of the TV shows "MacGyver" and "Stargate SG-1," is born in Minneapolis, Minnesota. [ + - ]
1944: Norwegian painter Edvard Munch, whose best known work is "The Scream," dies at age 80 in Oslo, Norway. [ + - ]
1944: Actor Rutger Hauer, best known for his roles in movies such as "Nighthawks," "Blade Runner," "Ladyhawke" and "The Hitcher," is born in Breukelen, Utrecht, Netherlands. [ + - ]
1943: Duke Ellington plays at Carnegie Hall in New York City for the first time. [ + - ]
1941: Charles Lindbergh testifies before the U.S. Congress and recommends that the United States negotiate a neutrality pact with Adolf Hitler. [ + - ]
1911: Marie Curie's nomination to the French Academy of Sciences, having already won one Nobel Prize, is nevertheless voted down by the Academy's all-male membership. She went on to win a second Nobel Prize later in the year. [ + - ]
1898: Pioneering film director Sergei Eisenstein, best known for his silent films "Strike," "Battleship Potemkin" and "October," is born in Riga, Latvia, in what was then the Russian Empire. He died of a heart attack at age 50 on Feb. 11, 1948. [ + - ]
1898: Actor Randolph Scott, whose career spanned from 1928 to 1962, with most of his work coming in westerns, is born in Orange County, Virginia. Some of his best known films include "The Last of the Mohicans," "Western Union," "Go West, Young Man," "Virginia City" and "Ride the High Country." He died of heart and lung disease at age 89 on March 2, 1987. [ + - ]
1855: The first bridge over the Mississippi River opens in what is now Minneapolis, Minnesota; a crossing made today by the Father Louis Hennepin Bridge. [ + - ]
1849: Elizabeth Blackwell is awarded her medical degree by the Geneva Medical College of Geneva, New York, becoming the United States' first female doctor. [ + - ]
1832: Painter Édouard Manet, a pivotal figure in the transition from Realism to Impressionism, is born in Paris, France. Some of Manet's masterworks include "The Luncheon on the Grass" and "Olympia." [ + - ]
1803: Arthur Guinness, the Irish brewer who founded the Guinness brewery business, dies at the age of 77 or 78 in Dublin, Ireland. [ + - ]
1789: Georgetown University, the first Catholic university in the United States, is founded in Georgetown, Maryland, now a part of Washington, D.C. [ + - ]
1737: Merchant, statesman and patriot John Hancock, who served as president of the Second Continental Congress and was the first and third governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is born in Braintree, Massachusetts, in a part of town that eventually became the separate city of Quincy. Hancock is also remembered for his large and stylish signature on the United States Declaration of Independence. [ + - ]
1556: The deadliest earthquake in recorded history, the Shaanxi earthquake, hits Shaanxi province, China, destroying a 521-mile wide area. The death toll may have been as high as 830,000. [ + - ]
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Lady Dutch volleyball downs DuBois Area 3-1
The St. Marys Area Lady Dutch volleyball team handed the DuBois Area Lady Beavers a 3-1 loss Tuesday night at the SMAHS Dutch Oven.The Lady Dutch took the first game by a 25-16 score. DuBois evened the match at 1-1 with a 25-20 win in the second game. The Lady Dutch won the third game 25-21 and the fourth game 25-16 to win the match."Chelsie Gaton was our player of the game with 11 kills and 14 service points. She also blocked well," said St. Marys coach Erica Vogt."Abbey Cribbs is hitting the ball well. She pounded it down tonight. Taylor Schutz did a good job of blocking and hitting. Overall everybody did really well. I was happy with the way they adjusted tonight. They didn't have that look of anxiety on their faces. Hopefully they got it out of their system," said the coach.In the first set, the two teams went back and forth, with the score tied for most of that time. With the score tied at 16-all and Gaton serving, Taylor Bellina got a kill. Gaton then had three aces. Two DuBois hits out of bounds made the score 23-16. Gaton would close out the game with two aces, giving St. Marys the 25-16 win.The second game was tied at 13-all when DuBois went on a run to take a 21-14 lead. They would go on to win the set 25-20 to even the match at one set each.The third game was a repeat of the first two, as it was close throughout. With DuBois up 18-17, St. Marys got the serve back, with Gaton doing the honors. Bellina's kill made it 18-all. DuBois hit the ball out of bounds on the next few serves as the Lady Dutch went up 22-19. St. Marys maintained a three-point lead until Cribbs got a kill, giving St. Marys the 25-21 win and the 2-1 edge in sets.The fourth set saw DuBois take a 7-5 lead when Gaton came up to serve for St. Marys. She started out with an ace followed by a kill by Bellina. Another ace was followed by a Sami Hanes kill. An ace by Gaton made the score 10-7 before the Lady Dutch were called for a net violation. The Lady Dutch got the serve back up 13-9. With Bellina serving, Kayla Nussbaum got a kill. An ace was followed by a Taylor Schutz kill. A carry on DuBois made the score 17-9. The Lady Dutch would take an 18-9 lead before giving up the serve. Later a kill by Gaton made the score 20-13. With Lauren Dalessandro serving, Cribbs got a kill. The teams then traded serves as the Lady Dutch led 24-16. Gaton served an ace to give St. Marys the win 25-16.The St. Marys junior varsity squad won in three games.The Lady Dutch, now 4-3 on the season, will return to action Thursday when they host the Brookville Lady Raiders. Junior varsity action starts at 6 p.m., with the varsity to follow.


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Food drives and other means of helping others are a hallmark of the upcoming holiday season, but Suffolk University's S.O.U.L.S. Center for Community Engagement takes the concept a step further by raising awareness about social inequities during its Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Month activities.
In addition to serving meals and organizing a campus food and clothing drive, the center's many November activities include an Oxfam hunger banquet, a talk by Spare Change News founder James Shearer, and an exhibit of photographs and narratives about people who have experienced homelessness.
Student Caroline McHeffey, a community partnerships scholar with the S.O.U.L.S. Center, is organizing the November Hunger and Homelessness Awareness events. She also created the Make Change exhibit, drawing on her experience writing for Spare Change, a newspaper reporting on and providing employment and community to homeless people.
Real people, real problems
The exhibit profiles Spare Change News street vendors as well as former clients of the Boston Rescue Mission who now serve as staff members helping others out of homelessness.
One of the people McHeffey profiled is Anthony, who fell into drugs and drinking as a young teen and struggled for years to regain sobriety. He met several people who helped him along the way and finally found "peace" at Boston Rescue Mission.
"Anthony wants others to know that there are very complex reasons that go into someone who encounters homelessness," wrote McHeffey in her exhibit text. "Whether it be mental illness, drugs, or any type of addition, people are not responsible for their actions, but are accountable. The largest misconception … is that people don't want to do anything differently and that the homeless can simply go and get the services they need but … don't want to. … It is far more complex, and that is something Anthony would like the world to see. "
Teaching children about hunger
The Oxfam Hunger Banquet fund-raiser is a longtime S.O.U.L.S. tradition that brings elementary school children together for a meal. The hitch is that color-coded tickets are handed out in proportion to the levels of poverty in the world. Therefore most of the banquet's guests eat a meager meal of rice and a few beans. Some, representing the middle class, have a more substantial meal, while a very few enjoy a generous feast.
"Afterwards we facilitate a discussion among the students, asking them: 'What do you think about the food you ate?'" said McHeffey.
McHeffey is majoring in History, with minors in English and Religious Studies. Her community engagement work stems in part from her interest in issues related to poverty.


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Alouatta pigra
|Scope: Global
Language: English
|Scientific Name:
|Alouatta pigra Lawrence, 1933
Common Name(s):
Alouatta pigra ssp. luctuosa Lawrence, 1933
|Taxonomic Notes:
|The taxonomy of the howlers of Mesoamerica and the Caribbean and Pacific coasts of Colombia and Ecuador is based on Lawrence (1933), Hill (1962), Hall (1981), Froehlich and Froehlich (1986, 1987), and Cortés-Ortiz et al. (2003). Groves (2001, 2005) recognized only A. palliata (Gray, 1849) (no subspecies), A. pigra Lawrence, 1933), and A. coibensis Thomas, 1902 (no subspecies). Rylands et al. (2006) reviewed the taxonomy and distributions of Alouatta palliata, A. coibensis and A. pigra.
The taxonomic status and distribution of Alouatta pigra follows Smith (1970), Horwich (1983), Horwich and Johnson (1984). Alouatta palliata luctuosa Lawrence, 1933 listed by Hill (1962) for Belize, was not recognized by Froehlich and Froehlich (1986). Alouatta pigra luctuosa was listed by Dahl (1987) for the primates of Belize. Cortés-Ortiz et al. (2003) provided molecular genetic data indicating that Alouatta pigra should be recognized as a species distinct from A. palliata.
The revision of the Mesoamerican howler monkeys by Lawrence (1933) resulted in the black howler of the Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico, Belize, and northern Guatemala being referred to as Alouatta pigra Lawrence, 1933. Lawrence (1933) recognized the existence of a previous name, Mycetes villosus Gray, 1845, but considered that it was impossible to use because the holotype (in the Natural History Museum, London) was restricted to a damaged skull of an immature female (the skin had been lost), the type locality was imprecise and confused, and she was unable to determine to which of two forms that she named (A. palliata pigra of Mexico and Guatemala, and A. palliata luctuosa of Belize) it may have belonged. Smith (1970) argued that luctuosa was indistinguishable from pigra, but that pigra should be considered a species distinct from palliata. Napier (1976) referred to A. pigra as A. villosa and, revisiting the issue, Brandon-Jones (2006) argued that Alouatta pigra Lawrence, 1933 is a junior synonym.
|Red List Category & Criteria:
|Endangered A4cd ver 3.1
|Year Published:
|Date Assessed:
|Marsh, L.K., Cuarón, A.D., Cortés-Ortiz, L., Shedden, A., Rodríguez-Luna, E. & de Grammont, P.C,
|Mittermeier, R.A. & Rylands, A.B. (Primate Red List Authority)
This species is listed as Endangered as it is estimated that this species will experience a decline approaching 60% over a period of three generations (30 years) based on past and current rates of habitat decline and continued hunting for food and capture for pets.
|Previously published Red List assessments:
|Range Description:
|Alouatta pigra occurs in the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico and Belize, extending into northern and central Guatemela. The westernmost locality given by Hall (1981) is at Frontera, in the Mexican state of Tabasco; A. palliata has been recorded just west of there along the coast, 6 miles south of Cárdenas. Further localities which define the western and southern limits to its range include 5 miles south-east of Macuspana, Tabasco, and San Mateo Ixtatán (c. 11,000 ft) in Guatemala. Smith (1970) identified the southern limits to its range in the east with three localities along the Río Motagua basin in Guatemala, including Quirigua and Zacapa (right bank of the river). Curdts (1993), on the other hand, found that the southern and south-western limits to the range of A. pigra in Guatemala were defined by the Lago de Izabal, El Golfete and the Río Dulce. He noted large numbers of A. pigra in the Río Polochic delta, entering the west end of the Lago de Izabal. These are just to the north of the Río Motagua, where Curdts (1993) identified A. palliata. Baumgarten and Williamson (2007) found A. pigra in the northern margin of Rio Dulce and Lago Izabal, and to the West of Lago Izabal. This marks the southernmost locality for A. pigra in the Sierra de las Minas.
Baumgarten and Williamson (2007) provide the most recent review of the limits of the distributions of Alouatta palliata and A. pigra in Central America and Mexico. They found that the highland massif of northern Central America (including the Sierra Madre de Chiapas and central highland of Guatemala) and its associated coniferous and subalpine vegetation forms a geographic barrier separating A. pigra from A. palliata, and defines the southern limit of A. pigra. They discussed the two contact zones between them: the broad range of overlap north of the highland massif in Mexico over the lowlands of the states of Tabasco and Campeche, and a narrow area of contiguous, non-overlapping ranges in eastern Guatemala where the highlands extend almost the Caribbean. In the first, the localities where parapatry has been observed include Macuspana, Tabasco (Smith 1970; Horwich and Johnson 1986), around Zapata, Tabasco (Horwich and Johnson 1986) and the northern point of the Laguna de Términos in Campeche (Serio-Silva et al. 2006). There is no geographical barrier separating the species, both occur in the same forests and on both sides of the Rio Usamacinta, for example (Cortés-Ortiz et al. 2003). In the second, the ranges are narrowly parapatric, separated by the Río Dulce and the Lago Izabal: A. palliata to the south and A. pigra to the north and west. South-west of Lake Izabal, A. pigra occurs in the highlands of the Sierra de las Minas, but not in the lowlands, occupied by A. palliata. Any past range overlap in this region will have been lost by the extensive oss of forest; the area is heavily farmed. Baumgarten (2006) found no evidence to support sympatry supposed previously by Horwich and Johnson (1986), Curdts (1993) and Silva-López et al. (1998).
Serio-Silva et al. (2006) reported on a detailed survey of the occurrence of A. pigra in the Yucatán Peninsula.
|Countries occurrence:
Native:Belize; Guatemala; Mexico (Campeche, Chiapas, Quintana Roo, Tabasco, Yucatán)
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|Alouatta pigra is locally common across its range, but mainly in protected areas. In Belize, this species has been recorded at densities of up to 250 individuals/km² in some areas.
Estrada et al. (2004, 2006) carried out surveys of A. pigra populations in a number of areas in Guatemala and Mexico: Calakmul Biosphere Reserve, Campeche, 15.2 individuals/km²; Yaxchilán Natural Monument, Chiapas, 12.8 individuals/km²; and Tikal National Park, Guatemala, 17.8 individuals/km²; Palenque, Chiapas 23 individuals/km². At 13 sites where Estrada et al. (2006) estimated densities of A. pigra, the mean density was 10.8±5.7 individuals/km² (range 3.5-23 individuals/km²).
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|Habitat and Ecology:
|This species occurs in primary terra firma rain forest, riparian forest, seasonally flooded riparian areas, and swamps. However, it can be also found in primary and secondary forest. In areas where suitable habitat does not exist they in some cases be found in marginal habitat surrounded by pastures and urban areas (Cuarón 1991, 1997; Marsh, 1999, 2001, 2002). In Calakmul, Mexico and Tikal, Guatemala, they occur in semideciduous tropical forest, but in Yaxchilán in tall evergreen rain forest (Estrada et al. 2004). This species is mainly found in areas below 900 m, but more commonly below 400 m. However, Baumgarten and Williamson (2007) found them in locations up to 3,350 m asl. Reid (1997) reported that it is found in evergreen and semideciduous forest, remnant forest along rivers and tall second growth.
The howler monkeys are the large leaf-eaters of the South American primate communities. The molar teeth are particularly adapted for their chewing leaves through shearing. They spend up to 70% of their day lying and sitting about quietly among the branches, fermenting leaves in their enlarged caecums. Like the spider monkeys, they are prehensile-tailed, with a naked patch of skin on the under surface at the tip. Their most characteristic feature is the deep jaws which surround the enlarged larynx and hyoid apparatus, a resonating chamber. It is with this enlarged and highly specialized voice box that they produce their howls (grunts, roars and barks). Howling sessions, usually involving the entire group, can be heard particularly in the early morning and are audible at distances of 1-2 kms (Drubbel and Gautier 1993).
Howlers are the only New World primates which regularly include mature leaves in their diet, although softer, less fibrous, young leaves are preferred when they are available. Their folivory and ability to eat mature leaves is undoubtedly one of the keys to their wide distribution and the wide variety of vegetation types they inhabit. Mature fruit is the other important food item, especially wild figs (Ficus) in many regions, but they also eat leaf petioles, buds, flowers (sometimes seasonally very important), seeds, moss, stems and twigs, and termitaria. Silver et al. (1998, 2000) have studied the diet and feeding ecology of A. pigra in Belize.
Alouatta pigra lives in smaller groups than A. palliata: 2-10 individuals per group compared with 2-45 for A. palliata (mean of 12.3) (Crockett and Eisenberg 1986; Chapman and Balcomb 1998; Pavelka and Chapman 2006). Estrada et al. (2004) recorded a mean group size of 7.5±1.9 individuals (range 4-9, n=8) at Calakmul, Campeche; 6.6±2.1 individuals (range 4-10, n=8) at Yaxchilán, Chiapas; and 8.7±2.2 individuals (range 6-12, n=10) at Tikal, Guatemala. Unlike the spider monkeys, and related to the large proportion of leaves in the diet (up to 50% of the annual diet), the howler monkeys generally have quite small and broadly overlapping home ranges, of 5 ha up to 45 ha, depending on the type of habitat (Neville et al. 1988).
Infant Alouatta are probably born throughout the year in Suriname, but data are not yet sufficient to determine if there is a birth peak. In Suriname, newborn infants have been seen in March, April, and November, and January (Mittermeier 1977). Crockett and Rudran (1987a,b) examined seasonal variation in births in red howlers from northern Venezuela, and found that they were less frequent during the early wet season (weaning would occur at the time of greatest food shortage). The llanos forests are more seasonal, however, than in the Guianas, and it is possible that this is not the case elsewhere. Oestrus lasts 2-4 days, with intervals between oestrous periods of about 17 days. Interbirth intervals are generally about 16.6 months, although they may be shortened by the death of an infant to about 10.5 months (Crockett and Sekulic 1984).
Adult male weight 11.1-11.6 kg (mean 11.35 kg, n=2), adult female weight 6.3-6.6 kg (mean 6.4 kg, n=4) (Ford and Davis 1992)
Adult male weight 11.4 kg (n=2) (Peres 1994)
Adult female weight 6.43 kg (n=4) (Peres 1994).
|Major Threat(s):
|The main threats to this species are deforestation, hunting (for food and for capture as pets) and disease (yellow fever epidemics) (Reid 1997; Pavelka and Chapman 2006).
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This species occurs, or may occur, in several protected areas:
Guanacaste National Park (32,512 ha) (R. Horwich pers. comm. to Rodríguez-Luna et al. 1996)
Blue Hole National Park (300 ha) (in range)
Mountain Pine Ridge (51,500 ha) (Dahl, 1987)
Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary (40,000 ha) (Horwich et al. 1993; Horwich 1994; Koontz et al. 1994; Rodríguez-Luna et al. 1996)
Community Baboon Sanctuary (Horwich and Lyon 1990; Horwich 1994; Pavón 1994; Brockett et al. 1999, 2000; Horwich et al. 2000, 2001)
Upper Bladen (35,000 ha) (R. Horwich pers. comm. to Rodríguez-Luna et al. 1996)
Caracol Archeological Reserve (20,000 ha) (in range)
Monkey Bay Wildlife Sanctuary (Private Reserve) (443 ha) (in range)
Monkey Bay National Park (911 ha) (A. pigra reintroduced) (extinguished by yellow fever and hurricanes (1961 and 1978) (Clark and Brocket 1999)
Manatee Forest Reserve (in range)
Chiquibul National Park (107,607 ha) (Dahl 1987)
Bladen Branch Nature Reserve (39,256 ha) (Dahl 1987)
Rio Bravo Conservation and Management Area (61,513 ha) (Silva-López and Rumiz 1995)
Rio Dulce National Park (9,610 ha) (Silva-López et al. 1995; Silva-López 1998)
El Rosario National Park (1,105 ha) (in range)
Bahia Santo Tomas (1,000 ha) (in range)
Santa Rosalia (1,000 ha) (in range)
Cerro Miramundo (902 ha) (in range)
Las Victorias (82 ha) (in range)
El Reformador (60 ha) (in range)
Grutas Lanquin (in range)
Cuevas de Silvino (8 ha) (in range)
Laguna Lachua National Park (10,000 ha) (in range)
Biotopo Mario Dary Rivera Quetzal (1,153 ha) (A. pigra according to Curdts (1993) and Silva-López 1998; but A. palliata according to Silva-López et al. 1995; Matamoros and Seal 2001)
Biotopo de Chocon Machacas (7,000 ha) (Sympatric with A. palliata; Curdts 1993; Silva-López et al. 1995; Silva-López 1998; Matamoros and Seal 2001)
Biotopo San Miguel La Palotada (49,300 ha) (Sympatric with A. palliata; Curdts 1993; Silva-López et al. 1995; Matamoros and Seal 2001; possible occurrence Silva-López 1998)
Rio Escondido – Biotopo Laguna del Tigre (45,900 ha) (in range)
Dos Lagunas (45,950 ha) (in range)
Tikal National Park (57,600 ha) (Coelho et al. 1976; Schlichte 1978; Estrada et al. 2004)
Aguateca Cultural Monument (1,700 ha) (Silva-López et al. 1995; Silva-López 1998)
Ceibal Cultural Monument (1,700 ha) (in range)
Dos Pilas Cultural Monument (3,100 ha) (Silva-López et al. 1995; Silva-López 1998)
Rio Azul (28,900 ha) (in range)
Uaxactún (3,000 ha) (in range)
Ucanal (2,200 ha) (in range)
Xutilha (2,689 ha) (in range)
Ixcun Cultural Monument (400 ha)
El Peru (8,000 ha)
Biotopo San Miguel – El Zotz (42,000 ha) (in range)
Nakum (8,000 ha) (in range)
G48 Naranjo (1,200 ha)
Machaquilla Cultural Monument (2,500 ha) (in range)
Yaxha (9,000 ha) (in range)
Sierra de las Minas Biosphere Reserve (236,300 ha) (Sympatric with A. palliata; Curdts 1993; Silva-López et al. 1995; Silva-López 1998; Matamoros and Seal 2001)
Polochic (Sympatric with A. palliata; Curdts 1993; Silva-López et al. 1995; Matamoros and Seal 2001)
Sierra Lacandon National Park (200,000 ha) (in range)
Mirador / Dos Lagunas –Rio Azul National Park (147,000 ha) (in range)
El Tigre National Park (350,000 ha) (in range)
Trifinito National Park (4,000 ha)
Palenque National Park (1,771 ha) (Estrada and Coates-Estrada 1984; Mexico, SEDUE, 1989; Estrada et al. 2000; Matamoros and Seal 2001)
Tulum National Park 664 ha) (in range)
Ria Lagartos Special Biosphere Reserve (47,840 ha) (in range)
Pantanos de Centla (290,397 ha) (Matamoros and Seal 2001)
Calakmul Biosphere Reserve (Mexico, SEDUE, 1989; Estrada et al. 2004; Serio-Silva et al. 2006)
Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve (Selva Lacandona) (331,200 ha) (Mexico SEDUE, 1989; Matamoros and Seal 2001)
Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve (528,147 ha) (Serio-Silva et al. 2006; Matamoros and Seal 2001)
Chan-kin Protection Area for Wild Flora and Fauna (12,184 ha) (Matamoros and Seal 2001)
Yaxchilán Natural Monument (2,621 ha) (Estrada and Coates-Estrada 1984; Estrada et al. 2002, 2004; Matamoros and Seal 2001)
Bonampak Natural Monument (4,357 ha) (Estrada and Coates-Estrada 1984; Matamoros and Seal 2001)
Metzaboc (Hernández-Yãnez pers. comm., in Rodríguez-Luna et al. 1996a)
It is listed on Appendix I of CITES.
|Marsh, L.K., Cuarón, A.D., Cortés-Ortiz, L., Shedden, A., Rodríguez-Luna, E. & de Grammont, P.C,. 2008. Alouatta pigra. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2008: e.T914A13094441. . Downloaded on 16 August 2018.
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Gurnee mayoral candidates Kovarik and Morris differ on budgeting
Gurnee's two mayoral candidates have differing perspectives on how budgeting is done for village departments, adding to the list of their disagreements on the issues.
Beyond village government budgeting, Mayor Kristina Kovarik and her challenger, Trustee Kirk Morris, have opposing ideas on a village marketing campaign, red-light cameras and term limits for elected officials.
Voters will decide on Kovarik and Morris in the April 9 election. Both candidates shared their views on the issues in a Daily Herald editorial board endorsement interview and on questionnaires.
Kovarik, a former Gurnee trustee elected to her first 4-year term as mayor in 2005, said she and village employees will continue constantly seeking to offset increased costs that are outside of their control. She said managing expenses has been a daily activity for the village in the eight years she's been mayor, with moves including job consolidation and postponement of capital improvements and purchases.
"The departments have never exceeded their budgets through constant trimming, which allows us to continue to fund some capital improvements each year and maintain strong reserves," Kovarik said.
But Morris, who was unsuccessful when he ran in a Republican congressional primary in 2008, said Gurnee's overall budget continues to increase each year. If elected mayor, Morris said, he would push to enact 15 percent across-the-board budget cuts, and instituting hiring and wage freezes while directing more financial resources to public safety.
"Gurnee's budget system is backward," said Morris, who was elected as a village trustee in 2009. "Instead of village departments proposing their wish lists and then adjusting the revenues to satisfy those requests, the village needs to set a budgetary dollar amount for each department and direct the qualified department heads to determine how best to allocate those limited resources."
On other issues, Kovarik said she believes the "Gurnee's Got It!" marketing campaign has helped village businesses, while Morris said he'd look to end it because there is no documented evidence it's worked. Morris contends the village has spent $140,000 on the program over three years, but Kovarik said the total is $67,000.
Kovarik said Gurnee's red-light cameras have improved intersection safety and should remain in place, but Morris believes they are bad for business in a tourism-oriented village and that a three-year contract for the devices should be allowed to expire so they go away.
Morris said he would push for a limit of two, 4-year terms for Gurnee's the elected posts of mayor and trustee. Kovarik said she's never favored term limits at any level.


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(AP) Wilson leads Seattle's 45-17 rout of Jaguars
By TIM BOOTH
AP Sports Writer
After just 2 1/2 quarters, Russell Wilson traded his helmet for a baseball cap. The Seattle Seahawks' domination of Jacksonville went as everyone expected.
Wilson matched his career high with four touchdown passes _ two each to Sidney Rice and Zach Miller _ and the Seahawks overwhelmed the Jaguars 45-17 on Sunday. Seattle improved to 3-0 for the first time since 2006, beginning a stretch of four straight games against the AFC South.
The Seahawks came in as 19-point favorites and never gave Jacksonville (0-3) a chance. Seattle jumped ahead 17-0 early in the second quarter. Wilson connected with Miller twice in the first 16 minutes on TDs of 1 and 4 yards. He hit Rice for an 11-yard TD late in the first half and found him again on a 23-yarder early in the third quarter.
Wilson checked out with 3:54 left in the third and finished 14 of 21 for 202 yards. The four TD passes matched his performance last December in a win over San Francisco.
For the first time this season, the offense showed the potency that made the Seahawks so dangerous at the end of 2012. It was a concern for coach Pete Carroll this week to clean up penalties and find some rhythm.
Wilson wasn't perfect. He was sacked by Johnathan Cyprien and fumbled in the first half and made the mistake of throwing across his body and was intercepted at his 11 in the third quarter. But it was a far better performance overall by Seattle's offense than in the first two weeks.
And Seattle's defense remains arguably the best in the league.
The Seahawks forced Jacksonville into three turnovers. They sacked Jacksonville Chad Henne four times, and Maurice Jones-Drew, playing with an injured ankle, was limited to 43 yards on 19 carries.
Jacksonville spent the first quarter in negative total yardage and didn't crack the 100-yard mark until 8:30 left in the third quarter. Until Paul Posluszny's interception in the third quarter, the Jaguars highlight was Bryan Anger's punt that went out at the Seattle 2. The Jaguars found the end zone for the second time this season when Jones-Drew scored on a 2-yard run following Posluszny's interception. Josh Scobee also hit a 33-yard field goal as Jacksonville reached double figures for the first time this season.
Henne finished 18 of 38 for 235 yards.
Miller's first TD came on Seattle's second possession when Wilson duped the entire stadium with a perfect play-action fake for the 1-yard TD. Wilson found Miller early in the second quarter when he pirouetted away from the pass rush for a 14-0 lead.
Jacksonville ran its first offensive play on Seattle's half of the field after Wilson fumbled. Jacksonville took over at the Seattle 44 and got down to the 18. That's when Henne's underneath pass for Jones-Drew deflected off the helmet of center Brad Meester and Bobby Wagner made a juggling, diving interception with 44 seconds left in the half.
Instead of sitting on the lead Wilson found Golden Tate twice, hit Rice for 23 yards and scrambled for another 10. Wilson then capped the half with a dart to Rice for an 11-yard TD, finishing off a drive that covered 79 yards in just 34 seconds.
Seattle pushed the lead to 31-0 early when Wilson scrambled and threw for Rice, who made a quick adjustment to haul in the 23-yard TD. It was Rice's second two-TD game with Seattle.
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Wylie's gal pal, Ireland, is turning one on January 4th. Her mom asked me to make a shirt for her Mickey Mouse Clubhouse birthday party. I hope that she likes it!
Happy 1st Birthday Ireland!
Wylie's gal pal, Ireland, is turning one on January 4th. Her mom asked me to make a shirt for her Mickey Mouse Clubhouse birthday party. I hope that she likes it!
Happy 1st Birthday Ireland!
It hasn't stopped snowing for 3 days...
We've cleared the car twice and it's still covered.
It reminds me of my days at Hope College. It's very pretty, but I prefer to look from the window ;) Monday it's supposed to be -8°. Holy moly!
Stay warm! Brrr!
Yesterday my sister sent me this:
(Click the photo for link to Adventures of a Couponistas site)
Seeing that I have a 4month old I was stoked! $1.49 (!!!) for a musical table that I already wanted to get?! Suh-weet! Plus I'm all about a good deal.
We don't have a printer at our house --well we do... just no ink, and ink is freakin' expensive-- so I asked PB to print them at work. Originally, I said just the musical table coupon (if you go to the coupon sites linked in Adventures of a Couponistas post, you'll see what I mean) but he came home with all 5 of the fisher price coupons. Which got me thinking...
So to RedLaser I went, searching for each of the toys that I had coupons for. I happened to find the items at lower prices, minus the coupons and hopefully this will help me get some GREAT deals.
This morning we (Wylie and I) headed off to Target, crossing our fingers this would work hassle free.
Unfortunately, it didn't go as smoothly as I was hoping... Actually, I was prepared to fight a little bit, since I was well aware of their store policy. You see, back in the day (Ha!), I worked at Target. No, you wont catch me sporting khaki pants and red shirt, ever. But I did work there, and do know their policies pretty well. The policy is: in order to price match you must show a paper copy of the opposing stores ad. What you would find in the Sunday paper. Recently they added online price matching, BUT it does not work as easily as you'd think. 1) They must be able to find the price on their iPad, located at customer service, using their specific applications and 2) the lower price can only be at either: Walmart, Amazon, Best Buy, and a few others but the point is not everywhere. During the Holiday season they are much more lax about this policy, which I think is silly... Why wouldn't you want to please your customer 100% of the time if they find the price cheaper, instead of just during specific times of the year?
Anyway, here's what I ran into when attempting to get this deal.
I went back to the toy section, the Fisher Price toys were all together, which was super helpful. I grabbed what I needed/wanted and headed for the check out. I went to the normal check out lanes and said I needed to do a price match and that it was on my phone, the girl sent me to customer service (which is how I found out about the new online/iPadpolicy). At customer service, I told her what I wanted to do:
I had:
Poppity Pop Musical Dino - Target price: $27.99 (msrp $34.99); I wanted to price match to Walmart $24.88
Laugh & Learn Puppy - Target price: $16.33 (msrp $24.99); price match to Target.com $14.25
Laugh & Learn Fun with Friends Musical Table - Target price: $42.74 (msrp $44.99); price match to Kmart $21.49
Laugh & Learn Stride-to-Ride Puppy - Target price: $47.49 (msrp $49.99); price match to Kmart $24.99
And I had the Manufacturer Coupons printed and the Target Coupons printed and ready to go.
After I mentioned that I wanted to price match to Kmart, that was when I learned about the specific stores only policy. (For a store that will change the price at the register if you mention you thought it was cheaper, man, they make this hard...) So after going back and forth a couple times and speaking to the manger who was there too, they finally agreed to do it this once. (Woohoo!)
Here's what I ended up with:
Poppity Pop Musical Dino - $24.88 -$5 manufacturer coupon -$5 target coupon = $14.88
(most expensive item out of the bunch, but it evens out...)
Laugh & Learn Puppy - $14.25 -$5 maufacturer coupon -$5 target coupon = $4.25
Laugh & Learn Fun with Friends Musical Table - $21.49 -$10 manufacturer coupon -$5 target coupon = $1.49 (!!!!!!!)
Laugh & Learn Stride-to-Ride Puppy - $24.99 -$10 manufacturer coupon -$10 target coupon = $4.99
msrp: $154.96 (msrp savings: $129.35)
If I went to target and just bought them without coupons/price matching: $134.55 (Target savings: $108.94)
My total : $25.61 (!!!!)
**My recommendation, if you are interested in getting these deals as well, would be to go to price match the Puppy and Dino at Target and go to Kmart to get the Table and the Stride-to-Ride Puppy. Target wasn't very willing to match the price, I had to be pretty assertive and some people aren't comfortable doing that. Even if you do go to Kmart it's still a great deal!**
I think it was a success! Wylie does too :)
I decided to stash these babies (except for the puppy) away. So, he will continue enjoying it come his birthday in November and Christmas in December!
Happy Deal Hunting!


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In most cases you can't walk away from a from a race (especially an Ironman) and say, "I had a great bike, but an awful run"; one is directly related to the other. It's all about pacing. If you pace the swim and bike right, you'll set yourself up for a better run and a stronger finish.
Most age-groupers make the mistake of comparing their performance with other racers or a goal time instead of looking more closely at how they used their fitness throughout the race.
Going into your next race, set a reasonably challenging goal that is based on the actual training you did, not the training you had hoped to do. Use recent field tests, time trials or practice races in order to clarify your realistic current fitness and then follow the tips below to smartly pace your race.
Don't worry about time. Triathletes can make the mistake of gauging swim success based on time, but courses are almost always short or long, so there is no sense in getting overly excited or dejected due to seemingly random buoy placement. Instead, base success on a smart start position, minimal contact and anxiety, skilled sighting and maintaining good technique from start to finish.


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Private Parts is a character in the Grand Theft Auto series who appeared as a multiplayer character in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories. Parts is a white soldier in the army and resides in Vice City in 1984. His name is a reference to a slang term for genitalia.
Prominent Appearances in Missions
- Over the Top (killed)